Have just seen a Red Breasted Goose, with some Canada Geese, is this a rare bird as I have not seen one before?
Hi Errington and welcome to the forum.
Chances are that is an escapee from a collection that has hooked up with the Canada's for company. If you look at BirdGuides there are a few reports around the country mostly assumes to be escapes. They breed in the Arctic tundra and winter around the Black Sea. Not sure how many genuine vagrants turn up in the UK.
Where did you see it and did you get a photo?
TJ
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Hi-
Red Breasted Goose is a rare visitor to GB, some winters there are are a handful and other winters none at all. It is widely kept in collections (and they do escape.) I know of 9 such birds within 20 miloes of my house.
In 35 years of birding I've seen 5 wild ones in GB.
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S
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Not sure how close to WWT Martin Mere you are, but I believe the have Red Breasted Geese, but would assume they would be prevented from flying somehow